Vladimir Zelensky said about the immutability of the policy of cooperation with the IMF
the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine's course will not change as a result of personnel changes. The government must be effective and show result, said Zelensky interview Bloomberg, explaining recent personnel changes voted by the Parliament.
Ukraine aimed at implementation of the reforms announced in the program of Vladimir Zelensky. In particular, we are talking about further cooperation with the International monetary Fund, implementation of land reform, the development of the necessary draft law on banks which does not allow the former owners to return them.
"I don't plan to change a single person in the country that operates fairly and effectively", – said Vladimir Zelensky, separately mention the positions to which appointed by the President. "We had to respond to the efficiency of the Cabinet (of Ministers. – Ed.) he said. – When you make such a profound change in the country, you can't lose. It is not in your personal rankings, not that you can get rid of the power, and that Ukraine may no longer have a chance to make these changes".
as a result of personnel changes that caused a sharp drop in Ukrainian sovereign bonds, the new Finance Minister Ihor Umansky earlier in the day sought to compensate for the damage promising to continue to cooperate with the International monetary Fund, including a visit to Washington in the coming weeks along with the new Prime Minister Denis Smagala.
New loan in the amount of $ 5.5 billion from the IMF was delayed for several months, partly because of concerns about the oligarchs ' influence on government.
"the Recent reshuffle in the government Zelensky increase the risk of the failure of the reforms", - stated in the Oxford Economics on Friday. "It will probably significantly delay the negotiations with the IMF".
Western partners of Ukraine believe that the influence of the oligarchs with the change of government has only grown, as the new Prime Minister was previously head of the energy company owned by Rinat Akhmetov, the richest man of Ukraine.
But that doesn't bother Zelensky, who says that the oligarchs have no influence on its government.
"They (the oligarchs. – Ed.) own 70-80% of its assets in Ukraine. Every Manager in the Ukraine, worked on some of them or in any way connected with any of them. After all, they hire the best – we must understand this", – said the head of state.
the new government has enough features to prove that the doubts of the critics are unfounded, writes the edition Bloomberg< / span>.